Read article 'Building the future of LHCb'
Read article 'Building the future of LHCb'
Jesse Thaler argues that particle physicists must go beyond deep learning and design AI capable of deep thinking.
Leaders in artificial-intelligence research spoke to the Courier about what's next for the field, and how developments may impact fundamental science.
Jennifer Ngadiuba and Maurizio Pierini describe how ‘unsupervised’ machine learning could keep watch for signs of new physics at the LHC that have not yet been dreamt up by phy...
Read about 'In focus: detector technology'
A retrospective of 60 years’ coverage of detector technology in CERN Courier
Read article 'BASE demonstrates two-trap cooling'
As reported today in Nature, the technique promises to reduce the time needed to cool antiprotons from hours to seconds.
Read article 'SuperKEKB raises the bar'
The SuperKEKB accelerator has set a new world record for peak luminosity, reaching 3.1 × 1034 cm–2 s–1 in the Belle II detector.
Read article 'Loop Summit convenes in Como'
The workshop explored new perturbative results and methods in quantum field theory, collider physics and gravity.
Read article 'CERN to provide two DUNE cryostats'
The laboratory has agreed to supply a second enormous liquid-argon tank for the US-based neutrino experiment's time-projection chambers.
Read article 'AI and GPUs take centre stage at vCHEP'
The 25th International Conference on Computing in High-Energy and Nuclear Physics gathered more than 1000 participants online across 20 time zones, from Brisbane to Honolulu.
Read article 'IPAC thrives online'
The 2021 edition of the International Particle Accelerator Conference attracted over 1750 participants online from 24 to 28 May.
Read article 'FCC feasibility study comes into focus'
This year’s Future Circular Collider Week took place online from 28 June to 2 July, attracting 700 participants to debate the next steps needed to produce a feasibility report in...
Read article 'ALICE tracks new territory'
The recently installed, upgraded ALICE inner tracking system is the largest pixel detector ever built and the first at the LHC to use monolithic active pixel sensors.
Read article 'Greening gaseous detectors'
More than 200 experts participated in a workshop to study alternatives to the harmful chlorofluorocarbons which play an important role in traditional gas mixtures.
Read article 'Accelerators meet gravitational waves'
Gravitational waves crease and stretch the fabric of spacetime as they ripple out across the universe, potentially causing observable effects on beams in storage rings.
Read article 'Intercepting the beams'
Marco Calviani describes major upgrades to the beam-intercepting devices that lie at the heart of CERN’s accelerator complex.
Read article 'Lectures on Accelerator Physics'
Alex Chao has written a lucid and insightful presentation of the principles behind the workings of modern accelerators, says our reviewer.
Read about 'In focus: vacuum technology'
Innovation in vacuum science, technology and engineering at CERN and beyond
